On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> wrote: > The reason I need to uninstall some programs is because I downloaded a > few "free" versions, like anti spy software. However, when I wanted to > kill the threats discovered, I found out I have to purchase the full > version. This to me is unfair. So I tried to uninstall them. And that is > where I found the problems. --------------------------------------------
Login as Administrator to do the above. That is what is for, rights that you do not need all the time but are full rights. > There should be a site in the Internet, provided by Microsoft, with > instructions on how to do these simple tasks that we are all used to > carry out. In XP there were no problems, with Vista I found that > millions of useless apps were loaded at startup and after three months > of using the OS my computer delayed 3 minutes to start. With W7 it now > takes 45 seconds to start, which is a good improvement. But the > "security" implementation built into it sucks. It reminds me of what > your President, Mr.Obama, encountered last Xmas. A lot of security at > the airports and they let a known terrorist get into a plane and almost > create a major disaster. May God bless the heroes that prevented it. > Will W7 be the same, vis a vis security: ie, lots of hindrances and the > end result is viruses, malware and you name it? You see security for the first time and say it sucks because you never really had any in the past. Sorry but is so wrong I cannot even begin to address it. The early Windows OSs were wrong and only lately have they become fixed. Suddenly you have to hit an extra button to think about ACCEPTING responsibility for what you are about to do. You need to get CCleaner and run that. You can look at everything in the Start up and stop it and remove it. CCleaner is free and great. For AV get Kaspersky which I believe will give you 30 days for free. I have been using this for a while and very fond of it, and they have lots of cheap codes on the web to cut the price in half. It is very anal and will want to tell you about every blasted thing that is running all the time. I toned down the various messages they want to display. But it does a great job of sniffing out crud in HTML in emails. Do you load Skype? If yes that may be your first poor install, in that Skype will route through their servers making everything you do slower. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
